USATF releases standards for 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials-Track & Field

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USATF releases standards for 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Track & Field

INDIANAPOLIS — USATF has released the competition standards for the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Track & Field, announced Wednesday. The qualifying event for the “world’s toughest team to make” is set to take place July 1-10 in Eugene, Oregon.

All qualifying performances must occur between Friday, May 1, 2015 through Sunday, June 26, 2016, or on an indoor track, in the same event, in the period Friday, January 1, 2016 through Sunday, June 26, 2016. In the cases of the 10,000 meters, decathlon, heptathlon and 20km race walks, the qualifying period is from Thursday, January 1, 2015 through Sunday, June 26, 2016. The qualifying performance for the men’s 50km Race Walk must be attained between Sunday November 24, 2013 and Sunday, January 31, 2016.

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Standards – 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Track & Field

Men Women

Automatic Field Size & Rounds Event Automatic Field Size & Rounds

10.16 (32-3) 100m 11.32 (32-3)

20.50 (30-3) 200m 23.20 (30-3)

45.40 (28-3) 400m 52.20 (28-3)

1:46.00 (32-3) 800m 2:03.00 (32-3)

3:38.00 (30-3) 1500m 4:09.50 (30-3)

13:28.00 (24-2) 5000m 15:25.00 (24-2)

28:15.00 (24-1) 10k 32:25.00 (24-1)

1:36:00 (15-1) 20k RW 1:48:00 (15-1)

5:15:00 (15-1) 50k RW

13.52 (32-3) 110m/100m Hurdles 13.00 (32-3)

49.50 (28-3) 400m Hurdles 56.95 (28-3)

8:32.00 (24-2) 3000m SC 9:53.00 (24-2)

2.28m (24-2) High Jump 1.85m (24-2)

5.65m (24-2) Pole Vault 4.40m (24-2)

8.05m (24-2) Long Jump 6.50m (24-2)

16.66m (24-2) Triple Jump 13.40m (24-2)

20.50m (24-2) Shot Put 17.60m (24-2)

62.00m (24-2) Discus Throw 57.00m (24-2)

72.00m (24-2) Hammer Throw 67.00m (24-2)

77.00m (24-2) Javelin Throw 54.00m (24-2)

7900 (18) Dec/Hept 5900 (18)

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Larry Eder

Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys.

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